VATSIM Sunday, October 11, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, PHNL, Honolulu

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport^[3] (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL), also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the primary airport serving the U.S. state of Hawaii.^[4] The airport is named after Honolulu native and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel Inouye (1924–2012), who represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. The airport is in the Honolulu census-designated place three miles (five kilometers) northwest of Honolulu's central business district.^[2][5] The airport covers 4,220 acres (1,710 hectares), more than 1% of the entire Oahu Island.^[2][6]

Daniel K. Inouye Airport offers nonstop flights to many places in North America, Asia, and Oceania. The airport serves as the main hub of Hawaiian Airlines^[7] and is also a base for Aloha Air Cargo. The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large-hub primary commercial service facility.^[8]

We are all familiar with this airport.  Please monitor and communicate on 122.80 and the CTAF is 118.10 if no ATC. Leave from anywhere (relaxed event rules) to arrive between 21:00Z and 22:00Z.  From here a few Hawaiian Island airports and then off to the mainland.